The kinetics of the electron transfer and ion transfer at the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) were probed directly by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). The liquid/liquid (Le., waterhitrobenzene) interface appeared to be sharp and wave-free on the submicrometer scale. The use of SECM allowed the electron transfer between ferrocene species in nitrobenzene ...

This application note describes the use of liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry (LC/ITMS) and liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC/TOFMS) for the identification and quantitation of terbuthylazine in olive oil samples. The method includes a sample treatment step based on a preliminary liquidliquid extraction, followed by matrix solid-phase dispersion (MSPD) usin...

Water is hypothesized to have a low temperature phase transition line which separates a high density water at high temperatures from a low density water at low temperatures. This negatively sloped first order liquid-liquid phase coexistence line terminates at a critical point known as the liquid-liquid critical point. This critical point is hypothesized to exist in a deeply supercooled region o...

BACKGROUND Recently, a large amount of physical and sexual performance enhancing products have started to be freely sold mainly on internet web sites as dietary supplements. However, there a high suspicion that pharmacologically active substance, prohibited in these products, can be present to provide the expected effect. METHODS A simple and rapid systematic toxicological analysis by gas chr...

The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the microleakage of occlusal resin composite and three glass ionomer/ resin composite techniques. Class I occlusal preparations were initiated on forty molar teeth. Teeth were randomly assigned to four groups of ten. Groups were restored as follow: 1) Solo Plus / Point 4 resin composite, 2) Fuji IX/ Fuji Bond LC/ Point 4, 3) Fuji IX/ Experimenta...

The urinary and faecal metabolic profiles of 4bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B) in rat were investigated. Male Wistar rats were administrated 10 mg/kg of 2C-B hydrochloride orally, and the urine and faeces were collected 0–24 and 24–48 hr after administration. The samples were processed by liquidliquid extraction, and the extracts analyzed by GC/ MS, after derivatization. The major metab...

We measure the coexistence curve and the critical point properties of a binary mixture composed by polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) at Mw = 55900 g/mol with 3octanone. This binary mixture which has a demixing transition with an upper critical solution temperature Tc has indeed interesting properties which may be useful for several application : a) its correlation length is larger than that of a li...

A comprehensive review is presented on the recent developments and trends in the QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) sample preparation approach. This technique involves liquidliquid partitioning using acetonitrile and purifying the extract using dispersive solid-phase extraction (d-SPE). Originally, the QuEChERS was introduced for pesticides residues analysis in high moi...